One-legged bank robber caught
2007-12-30 18:24
Berlin - A one-legged man who robbed a bank in Hamburg was apprehended after being pursued by staff members, police in the northern German port said on Sunday.
The 41-year-old, a Belgian, had held a knife to the throat of a customer in a branch of the local savings bank on Friday, extracting €1 050 from a member of staff, a police spokesperson said.
Two members of the bank's staff pursued the man to a nearby shopping centre, alerting the police by cellphone.
Police apprehended the man in a clothes shop. A warrant had previously been issued for his arrest on a similar charge.
Sapa-dpa
- SAPA